Wyoming ground squirrels are the state’s namesake species, and the 585 records trace a wide sweep of the terrain they’re named for, from Medicine Bow National Forest’s high meadows down through the intermountain basins and sagebrush steppe that dominate much of southern Wyoming.
Records spike sharply into a June peak, more than 90 times the March low, and vanish almost completely from September through February, tracking a species that spends the bulk of the year in hibernation and crowds its entire active season into spring and early summer. NatureServe ranks the species S3, vulnerable, in Wyoming, notably more cautious than its secure global status, and every one of the state’s records comes through GBIF specimen data rather than a photograph.
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